186 W. BLAITFOKD^ -WESTERN INDIA,' [PaRT. II. 



small round brown patches, half an inch to an inch in diameter, giving a 

 peculiar appearance to the rock. 



For two miles to Kanjee, similar beds occur intersected by dykes and 

 irregular intrusions of trap, often of considerable size. The dip is low 

 and irregular, but in general southerly. 



For two miles beyond Kanjee, the sandstones have in general a 

 western dip. The high hill of Soondroo west of the stream is capped 

 "by trap, which dips steadily to north or north-west. It is not clear 

 whether the traps here are unconformable on the sandstones. 



A stream of considerable size joins the Deva from the west about 

 two miles north of Kanjee. Below the junction, the Deva runs through 

 a deep abrupt gorge in the sandstone, so precipitous in parts that it 

 cannot be traversed. The abrupt cliffs at the side somewhat resemble 

 those in the Mahadeva sandstone of the Puchmurree hills, and the rock 

 is not dissimilar. Oblique lamination prevails largely, so much so that 

 there is a most remarkable appearance of unconformity between the 

 upper and lower beds of the sandstones. There is, throughout this 

 gorge, a general low northerly dip of the rocks. West of the stream 

 they appear by aneroid measurement to rise about 800 feet above its 

 bed upon the sides of the hills, the uppermost 200 feet being principally 

 shale. The absolute thickness of shale, however, varies, and appears to 

 increase towards Doomkhul, where it can scarely be much less than 500 

 feet. This is perhaps due to the unconformity of the traps upon the 

 cretaceous beds, but it is not certain that there is not also unconformity 

 between the shales and the sandstones. 



In the Deva, the north boundary of the cretaceous bed is not seen ; 

 half a mile intervenes between the spots where they are exposed and the 

 first appearance of the trap in the stream, the intermediate space being 

 covered with large boulders. To the west, the boundary fault is better 

 seen on the Koorban'^ stream, and. there are some sharp dips in the 

 sandstone in its vicinity. 



* A small stream which rvins into the Deva from the west close to its mouth. 



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